Fix partial regex match yielding false positive

core/directories.py

@@ -108,18 +108,24 @@ class Directories:
                         found_files = []
                         # print(f"len of files: {len(files)} {files}")
                         for f in files:
-                            found = False
+                            matched = False
                             for expr in self._exclude_list.compiled_files:
-                                if expr.match(f):
-                                    found = True
+                                if expr.fullmatch(f):
+                                    logging.debug(f"{expr} matched {f}.")
+                                    matched = True
                                     break
-                            if not found:
+                            if not matched:
+                                logging.debug(f"path {root + os.sep + f}")
                                 for expr in self._exclude_list.compiled_paths:
-                                    if expr.match(root + os.sep + f):
-                                        found = True
+                                    if expr.fullmatch(root + os.sep + f):
+                                        print(f"{expr} matched {root}{os.sep}{f}.")
+                                        matched = True
                                         break
-                            if not found:
+                            if not matched:
+                                logging.debug(f"Not filtering: {f}.")
                                 found_files.append(fs.get_file(rootPath + f, fileclasses=fileclasses))
+                            else:
+                                logging.debug(f"Filtering: {f}")
                     found_files = [f for f in found_files if f is not None]
                     # In some cases, directories can be considered as files by dupeGuru, which is
                     # why we have this line below. In fact, there only one case: Bundle files under

core/gui/exclude_list_dialog.py

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class ExcludeListDialogCore:
         matched = False
         for row in self.exclude_list_table.rows:
             compiled_regex = self.exclude_list.get_compiled(row.regex)
-            if compiled_regex and compiled_regex.match(test_string):
+            if compiled_regex and compiled_regex.fullmatch(test_string):
                 matched = True
                 row.highlight = True
             else:

qt/exclude_list_dialog.py

@@ -129,8 +129,7 @@ class ExcludeListDialog(QDialog):
         except re.error:
             self.reset_input_style()
             return
-        match = compiled.match(input_text)
-        if match:
+        if compiled.fullmatch(input_text):
             self._input_styled = True
             self.inputLine.setStyleSheet("background-color: rgb(10, 200, 10);")
         else: